Froch dramatically knocked out American Jermain Taylor to keep his WBC super-middleweight title, but Calzaghe’s father Enzo said: ‘Joe will not come back to fight muppets. Froch is living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.'

Enzo was also not impressed with Froch's performance on Saturday.

He told the Guardian: 'He needs Joe because he is such a poor fighter that he can’t make it on his own.

'Joe has absolutely no interest in fighting him. He has more interest in appearing on Strictly Come Dancing.

'What I saw on Saturday night was appalling – the worst performance by a world champion, he looked like an amateur. There were so many mistakes, Jermain Taylor didn’t have to block because Froch was just jabbing his hand. It was pathetic, an amateur could have done better.

'He [Froch] claims he is the best super-middleweight in the world, but he could barely put away Taylor.

'Taylor was tiring in the last round and that’s why Froch won – would that have happened against Kessler, Jones, Hopkins?

'It was a very poor, poor performance. He didn’t keep his hands up, he missed shots and he couldn’t even move his head from side to side.'

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"What I saw on Saturday night was appalling – the worst performance by a world champion, he looked like an amateur. There were so many mistakes, Jermain Taylor didn’t have to block because Froch was just jabbing his hand. It was pathetic, an amateur could have done better,"